Payment card functions and accepting devices (in units) | Cards issued by resident PSPs | Total number of cards (irrespective of the number of functions on the card) | | 22 953 817 | 23 098 184 | 23 086 308 | 25 247 783 | 41 933 757 |
Terminals provided by resident PSPs | ATMs | | 15 950 | 11 580 | 10 360 | 9 738 | 8 812 |
POS Terminals | | 183 262 | 190 249 | 214 702 | 217 730 | 234 587 |
Payment transactions involving non-MFI's (numbers in millions; values in millions euro) | Credit transfers | Number of transactions | | 1 287 | 1 306 | 1 480 | 1 593 | 1 702 |
Value of transactions | | 6 088 393 | 5 982 608 | 5 982 039 | 7 045 420 | 8 221 902 |
Initiated in paper-based form | Number of transactions | | 44 | 31 | 27 | 22 | 18 |
Value of transactions | | 218 875 | 246 508 | 215 750 | 176 671 | 174 978 |
Initiated electronically | Number of transactions | | 1 244 | 1 278 | 1 453 | 1 570 | 1 684 |
Value of transactions | | 5 864 380 | 5 727 842 | 5 765 542 | 6 868 773 | 8 046 924 |
Direct debits | Number of transactions | | 413 | 446 | 468 | 500 | 527 |
Value of transactions | | 101 440 | 104 518 | 112 736 | 132 239 | 140 584 |
Card payments with cards issued by resident PSP (except cards with an e-money function only) | Number of transactions | | 1 476 | 1 694 | 1 803 | 2 091 | 2 344 |
Value of transactions | | 83 204 | 91 800 | 93 349 | 96 956 | 104 821 |
E-money payment transactions with e-money issued by resident PSPs | Number of transactions | | 7 | 11 | 18 | 50 | 69 |
Value of transactions | | 366 | 635 | 853 | 2 039 | 2 580 |
Cheques | Number of transactions | | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Value of transactions | | 17 881 | 12 275 | 8 921 | 7 251 | 5 219 |